Title
The Birth of Many Nations: Imperial Modernisms in the Caribbean
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Focuses on the appeal and influence of the Caribbean on modernist authors and artists, linking the region’s political instability and hybridity with modernism’s emphasis on experimentation and innovation. In their examination of the intersection of race, identity, and imperialism in the works of Claude McKay, William Faulkner, and others, Simmons and Crank survey the region’s twentieth-century historical and cultural contexts. Frequent references to Hemingway and his ties to Cuba throughout.
Published in
Race and New Modernisms
Date
2019
Pages
55-83
COinS
Citation
Simmons, K. Merinda and James A. Crank. “The Birth of Many Nations: Imperial Modernisms in the Caribbean.” In Race and New Modernisms, 55-83. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.